Prenatal smoking and age at menarche: Influence of the prenatal environment on the timing of puberty

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 957-962

  Behie, A M ^a   O'Donnell, M H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

birthweight; menarche; prenatal exposure delayed effects; sexual maturation; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENARCHE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AUSTRALIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOKING;

PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84926623295     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev033     Document Type: Article

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